Garment and collar fastener.



A. A. REF-SIDE.

GARMENT AND COLLAR PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1909.

I 9621,2420 Patented 51111621, 1910.

' names.

UNHE snares Parana anion.

ALEXANDER a nnnsrnn, or wrcnrra, Kansas;

GARMENT AND COLLAR FASTENER.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 21, 1910.

Application filed April 24, 1909. Serial No. 492,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. REE- smn, a resident of Wichita, in the county of gqedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Garment and Collar Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following-t be a full, clear,-and exact descriptiom-of the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

- M invention relates to garment and col lar asteners, and may be wholly formed of -one piece of spring wire.

The' object of my invention is to make a fastener which may be readily introduced into a button hole by compressingthe free ends thereof together, and when so introduced will expand to its normal state, and

thereby become larger than the hole, which insures the retention thereof.

Another object is, when. it is desired to Figure 1 is a view of my invention. Fig.

2,, an edge elevation of- Fig. '1. Fig. 3, a

view of my fastener as applied to a collar,

showing the portion of the collar and the shirt band fastened together.

' A spring wire is bent in the center at 1, as shown, the ends being brought down, at 2 they are given'an upward turn and an outward turn, 7, as shown in Fig. 2, and are extended parallel to near the bend 1. This upward extension, 6, is carried up' nearly.

in alinement with the p'ortion, 8; a bend, -3, is madediverging from the portion, 8, and the wire extends down and contacts with itself at gthe free ends are then bent to give a shoulder, 4*; and are then given a circle, 5; the end of one having a smaller circle than the other, and overlapping the other one. It will be seen when the ends, 2, are

pressed between the thumb andfinger, the shoulders, 4", can be sprung together so they can be inserted into the button-hole, 9, of the collar, 10, and when the ends, 2, assume a normal position, the shoulders, 4:, expand beyond the length of the button hole, which prevents them from getting out.- The bond,

1, is positioned under the turned down por-' tion, 11, of the shirt band. It will thus be seen the collar, 10, is held in proper position. i The free ends, 5, being bent out as seen in Fig.2, the fastener is easily put through the hole. in the collar and the bend, 4, has a tendency to'keep'the fastener from comingout,

as well as the shoulders,4, The bend, 3., di-

verging from the portion, 8, facilitates positioning the shirt band, 11, in the fastener and binds said band between the-portions 6 and 8.

Having described. my invention, what I claim is: In a garment and collar fastener, a member formed approximately heart shaped, par--.

allel extensions within the aforesaid heart, an upward turn and an outward turn,thence parallel, then. extending parallel and on a plane with the'sides of the heart shaped member, to near the upper portion thereof, thence outward anddown and contacting at the aforementioned bend, thence diverging therefrom, and the free ends bent outward and then curved together, and slightly overlapping, as shown.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence'of two subscribing witnesses. 4

ALEXANDER A. REESIDE. Witnesses CLAUD Bownns, W. S. Brown. 

